New Haven-Hartford-Springfield Rail Program

North Haven Economic Development Commission Breakfast April 14, 2016 NHHS Rail Program Summary  Program Goals • Enhanced regional rail service • Frequent service in the peak hours (current service is only 6 round trips per day) • Seamless connections to & Metro North • Continued growth in local freight rail service  Long Term Vision • 25 Round-trip passenger trains • Additional connections to Boston and Montreal • 30 minute, bi-directional, peak-hour service • Hourly off-peak service  Start-up Service • 12-17 Round trip passenger trains • 45 minute frequency in the peak-hour, hourly off-peak • Bi-directional

2 Making Connections

 Grand Central, Penn Station or Boston • Acela trains to NYP/BOS • Metro-North trains to Grand Central Terminal  Expanded Service to MA/VT • Knowledge Corridor to Greenfield • Boston-Springfield-NHV-NYP via the Inland Route  Intermodal Connectivity • Bus shuttle to Bradley Airport at Windsor Locks • Transfer to/from CTfastrak at and future Newington and West Hartford stations

3 Start-Up Project Scope

 Phase 1: Meriden-Newington . Adds 10.2 miles of second track between Meriden and Newington  Phase 2: New Haven-Hartford . Adds all new track, signal and bridge infrastructure . Replaces stations in Berlin Wallingford and Meriden. . New high-level platform in Hartford  Phase 3A: Hartford-Windsor . Double track/sidings north of Hartford

4 Future Improvements

 Phase 3B: Windsor-Springfield . Complete double track/sidings to Springfield . Replace Windsor and Windsor Locks Stations  Phase 4: Regional Rail Upgrades . Construct new stations in North Haven, Newington, West Hartford and Enfield . Construct second platform at New Haven, State Street Station (funded through TIGER V)  Phase 5: Ongoing State-of-Good-Repair . Repair Hartford Viaduct and Connecticut River Bridge

5 Program Funding and Schedule  Funding . Phase 1: Meriden-Berlin: $60 million total ($40 million FRA / $20 million CT) . Phase 2:New Haven-Hartford: $263 million total ($121 million FRA / $142 million CT) . Phase 3A: Hartford-Windsor: $43 million total ($30 million FRA / $13 million CT) . TIGER V grant for State Street Station: $18 million total ($10 million FTA / $8 million CT) . $105 million in State Bonds be applied to the entire program . Let’s Go CT budget includes $540 Million over the next 5 years to complete double track to Springfield and continue station construction  Pre -construction Schedule

. Design o Track, signal, grade crossings, bridges, and structures – completed spring 2015 o Berlin, Meriden, Wallingford and Hartford stations – completed fall 2014 o State Street Station – completed fall 2015 . Permits – acquired summer 2015

6 Program Schedule  Construction . Cable installation – completed summer 2015 . Track, signal, grade crossings, bridges, and structures – May 2015 to December 2017 o 2015 - culverts/earthwork in North Haven, Wallingford, and Hartford; ties laid for track in Hartford o 2016 – complete track work in Hartford; bridges/culverts/earthwork Meriden to Newington; grade crossings in Wallingford requiring short alternating one-way; initiate track work south of Hartford o 2017 – track and signal construction . Stations – October 2014 to October 2017 o 2015 – foundations and steel erection in Wallingford and Berlin; substantial completion in Hartford o 2016 – completion of bridges, towers and platforms in Wallingford and Berlin; initiate historic station rehab in Berlin; steel erection in Meriden o 2017 – platform installation in Meriden; parking and other amenities all stations  Start Enhanced Service – January 2018

7 Modernizing the Infrastructure

 Purpose: Upgrade infrastructure; increase operating speeds; improve at- grade crossing safety; increase capacity and operating flexibility • Track & signal improvements over 39 miles with 2 miles of sidings • Upgrade 31 bridges and drainage structures to accommodate double tracking • Reduce track flooding • 12 upgrades and 2 closures of at-grade crossings to enhance safety

8 Modernizing the Stations

 Purpose: Enhance accessibility; speed boarding; stimulate local development . High-level platforms on both sides of tracks; “up & over” access with elevators . In-platform automated snow-melt systems . Increased and enhanced parking . Public address, visual messaging, security cameras, blue-light phones and automated ticketing Hartford Line Stations Overview

Wallingford Meriden

Berlin Perspective Platform North Haven Station

13 Hartford Line Transit Oriented Development

 Multi-agency state task force targeting TOD in Meriden . Coordinating individual efforts related to transportation, housing, and flood control . Coordinating a plan for mixed use development adjacent to the station that includes commercial, retail, housing and parking

 Other TOD initiatives underway at current and future stations . Enfield . Windsor Locks . Windsor . North Haven . Berlin Why Make the Investment?

 Fast, Convenient Regional Transportation . Connects/integrates regional transportation across New England . More frequent service . Faster service  Creates Engine For Local Economic & Station Area Development . Construction-related & long-term job growth . Provides the connections to livable communities along the rail line  Establishes An Interconnected Public Transportation System for Connecticut’s Future . Metro North . . Amtrak . Local bus service . CTfastrak . Bradley International Airport

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John Bernick – Assistant Rail Administrator: (860) 594-2801 Bruce Olmstead– Project Manager: (860) 594-3186